does it appear, through all of the bobbing and weaving and the tap dancing that the outlines of a deal may be coming together behind the scenes? we're hearing $1.2 trillion in tax revenue. >> reporter: yeah. >> we're hearing $400 billion in medicare cuts. is this a false spring? >> reporter: i think we're a little ways away from the, quote, deal coming together. geithner today, tim geithner, who's leading negotiations, he's headed to the hill. he's got one-on-one meetings with all four players including boehner. but one on ones. not the four of them together, mcconnell, reid, pelosi, boehner. you know, this is still a game of no matter at the end of the day, this is still a game of 218. i saw the "politico" report. the number on the spending side is just lower than everything you hear. and that all depends, you know, what they describe, that's a reality that gets somehow got 150 house democrats and convinced john boehner to go to the floor with only 80 house republicans. >> chuck, what's the number you're talking about in the "politico" report that you say is a little low? >> reporter: